Paint applying device



Oct. 9, 1934. w. PIERCY PAINT APPLYING DEVICE Filed May 31, 1934 .oos

INVENTOR fl ML/A /yFM'RC x- ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 9, 1934 PATENT OFFICE mm'r APPLYING DEVICE Wllllllll Piercy, Philadelphia, Pa. Application May 31, 1934, Serial No. 728,321

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a new and useful paint applying device and it relates more particularly to a device especially adapted for applying paint on screens whereby the clogging of the holes in the screens by the application of paint thereto by means now known and used is prevented, whereby access is readily had to thejunction of the screen with the sash or other surrounding frame without the necessity of ,the exercising of undue care, and whereby, the operation of paint- I ing screens is greatly facilitated.

In painting screens with ordinary paint brushes the thick paint tends to spread a film which closes the holes of the screen unless special care is exercised by the painter in forcing the bristles of the brush through the screen holes instead of passing the brush to and fro over the screen, which is the usual and practical way of manipulating a paint brush. This resulted in rendering the painting operation excessively tedious and dimcult and in excessive wear and tear on the brush bristles. Furthermore, when a brush is used. the painter must exercise special care not to smear the sash or woodwork surrounding the screen when the junction of the screen with the sash or frame is being painted.

In order to obviate these disadvantages, I have devised a novel paint applying device which comprises a freely rotatable roller so mounted on the manipulating handle or support as to be readily applied to the junction of the screen with the sash without smearing the sash or frame, and which is covered with plush or a plush-like material, that is a material having relatively short, closely assembled, resilient bristles which must penetrate through the screen holes while the roller is passed over the screen, thereby eflectively painting the inside area of the intersecting wires and at the same time efiectively insuring against the clogging of the holes.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a paint applying device embodying my invention shown in the actual operation of painting a screen at the point adjacent to 'the sash or frame.

Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2--2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 represents a modified form of construction.

In constructing my device and with a view of making it as inexpensive as possible, I utilize a piece of wire or other flexible support 1 which is deflected to form the handle 2, the horizontal portion 3, theelbow portion 4, and the horizontal portion 5, which forms a journal on which the roller 6 of wood or any other material is loosely mounted. The support 5, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, extends through a bore 7 in the roller, one end of which is counter-r bored as at 8 to receive the fastening-device 9.

for securing the roller 6 on the supporting member 5. In this assembly the roller 6 is freely rotatable on the supporting member 5 between the deflected portion 4 and the fastening device 9. The roller 6 is covered with plush or a plush-like material 10 which has the short, closely packed, flexible bristles 11. 'In painting a screen the covering 10 of the'roller is saturated with paint and the roller is passed over the screen 12, with the bristles 11 of the covering 10 piercing and extending through the holes of the screen, as shown at the bottom of Fig. 2. when it is desired to paint the portion of the screen adjacent the vertical and horizontal members of the sash, it will be seen that the blank face 13 of the roller will abut against the sash or framework 14, and since the blank face 13 is not covered withpain't itserves as a guide for the movement of the roller and safeguards against the smearing of the sash with the paint with which the covering 10 of the roller is supplied. In painting the portion of the screen adjacent the horizontal member 15 of the sash or frame, theposition of the roller is reversed so as to bring the blank face 13 thereof into contact with the member 15 of the framework. In Fig. 3, I have shown a modified form of construction in which the roller 6 is freely rotatable on the journal 16, the ends of.which are detachably engaged by the spring limbs 17 of the yoke terminating in the cross-piece 18 which is engaged by any suitable handle 19.

It will thus be seen that I have devised an extremely efficient and inexpensive paint applying device especially adapted for the painting of screens, whereby the use of brushes is' eliminated, and whereby all danger of cloglabor and without any danger of clogging up the holes.

I claim:

A paint applying device for painting screens, 7 comprising a handle, a freely rotatable roller associated therewith, and a covering of a plushlike material for said roller.

- WILLIAM PIERCY. 

